Topic: aftermarket cat converters on migs (Read 685 times)

mathewst · « **on:** 04 November 2009, 10:12:46 »

My cat converter seems to be coming to an end and will probably need replacing within a couple og months.
Original ones are expensive as hell it seems.
So I would rather take the aftermarket route.
Did anyone replace their catalytic converters with aftermarket ones?
Am I looking at any potential problems when putting aftermarket one?

tunnie · « **Reply #1 on:** 04 November 2009, 10:17:31 »

What makes you think its failing, starting to get noisey? It could be the flexi join after the cat, mine failed at 115k miles.

mathewst · « **Reply #2 on:** 04 November 2009, 10:24:19 »

It makes noise at the moment of starting but only if the engine is hot.
If the engine is cold the noise doesn't appear.

mark.adams · « **Reply #3 on:** 05 November 2009, 16:08:19 »

I was told to avoid the aftermarket ones as they only last a year.

Selseybill · « **Reply #4 on:** 05 November 2009, 16:11:43 »

I bought cheapies for my old 2.5 from ebay and they were still good when i sold the car 3 years later.Car had covered 286k when sold.

mathewst · « **Reply #5 on:** 05 November 2009, 16:27:38 »

Well the guarantee for the aftermarket cat I was looking is two years.
How much did you pay for it SelseyBill if you remember?

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